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• Cat Power has covered David Bowie for a car commercial.
• A London museum has bought the original Rolling Stones tongue art.
• Ben Folds Five are reuniting for a one-off show.
• Santogold has confirmed her first headlining tour.
• Rage Against the Machine’s RNC concert ended early yesterday, resulting in a bullhorn-led set of two songs and a whole lotta’ “fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me” rallying cries.
• Albert Hammond Jr. of The Strokes is starting his own menswear line.
• Simian Mobile Disco are working on their second album despite James Ford’s other commitments with Klaxons, the Last Shadow Puppets and more.
• The Elephant 6 collective have a number of new projects on the way, including a “Holiday Surprise” tour/hootenanny.
• Amazon will soon launch a potential Wikipedia-killer. (At least in the music department.)
• Metallica’s new album has leaked thanks to the French.
• You gotta hand it to Gigwise for yet another brilliant but unnecessary list. This one: “50 Disastrous Live Shows.”
• Morrissey has split up with his current management team.
• In case you didn’t know, Kings of Leon aren’t nearly as big here as they are in the UK.
• Dillinger Escape Plan hasn’t lost their new relatively new drummer … yet.
• Bad Brains have announced an election day show in DC.
• The Verve’s reunion record has topped the UK charts. No word on whether it even cracked the U.S.’s yet.
• Are concert promoters moving closer and closer to a ticket-less system? Tom Waits‘ people would like to think so.
• Flight of the Concords may end their TV run after just two seasons.
• This Washington Post piece is a great look at how graphic novels are changing the way literary types look at comics.
• Elton John took a few pot shots at a Lily Allen during their co-host gig at England’s GQ Awards.
• The Sea and Cake are hitting the road this fall.
• Leave it to the Japanese to project a holographic monster onto a nearby bay.
• Sufjan Stevens has written the film score for Natalie Portman’s directorial debut.
• 30 Rock and a few other NBC shows will premiere a week early on Hulu.com this fall.

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